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Nikki Limo is the first loose cannon. I guess she hosts some podcast or something. Never heard of her.

The lineup of players she's up against is

Helmuth
Lex
Tilly
Keating
Arden Cho

Everyone started with $50k, except for Keating who bought in for the max, $250k.

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05-13-2024 , 10:17 PM

newguyhere

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Just finished the first episode. I like what I saw so far, and look forward to the next one.

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05-14-2024 , 03:09 PM

vrael111

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I mean it was not so bad but why the heck the all-whale lineup again? Aside from Veldhuis.

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05-14-2024 , 03:32 PM

Maximus122

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A Blast from the past.

Timestamp 10.09 the Cannon starts smiling when she makes the straight and Keating somehow pays her off.

Thanks for posting.

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05-14-2024 , 04:21 PM

ImePaskaa

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Originally Posted by vrael111

I mean it was not so bad but why the heck the all-whale lineup again? Aside from Veldhuis.

They don't want people to complain about gto robots and nits. I think stars is so hard trying to be a rec friendly site these days it makes sense to bring these kind of players. If they can make it so can I and nothing wrong with that tbh.

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05-14-2024 , 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ImePaskaa

Hellmuth and Lex are both nitty they are just worse than the GTO players.

For some reason Lex has a big group of fans though so it makes sense to have him on a show like this for casuals.

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05-14-2024 , 11:05 PM

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i doubt lex is even that good at cash games. We already have things like hustler live where they complain if someone is a winning player. hearing 4 people cry that lex is winning half the episode made me want to turn it off. This is not your shitty private game if you dont like it dont play. There is gonna be some actual people with a brain every now and again.

Something like this should have actual good players be welcome unlike something like your normal hustler private cash games. no ones forcing you to put all your money in twice in 10 hands vs a set

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05-15-2024 , 12:30 AM

redwhirl

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when will these guys realise that it's just not great entertainment to watch a bunch of whales donking around.

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05-15-2024 , 01:21 AM

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lex used to be such a psycho. can't think of anyone else who has done this much of a 180.

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05-15-2024 , 01:49 AM

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Rmbxr9

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Isn't this girl like "known" or a "thing" in poker?
I swear I've seen her around

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05-15-2024 , 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Kebabkungen

Hellmuth and Lex are both nitty they are just worse than the GTO players.

For some reason Lex has a big group of fans though so it makes sense to have him on a show like this for casuals.

Well Hellmuth is Hellmuth and Veldhuis has a massive army of incels behind him.

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05-15-2024 , 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by redwhirl

when will these guys realise that it's just not great entertainment to watch a bunch of whales donking around.

This was 100x more entertaining than watching 2 guys stare each other down for 3 minutes at a time.

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05-15-2024 , 07:03 AM

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i dont get the lex hype either tbh, whole line-up is disappointing to me

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05-15-2024 , 07:11 AM

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Not sure what was worse, Arden Cho on The Big Game or on Hustler Casino Live last week.

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05-15-2024 , 09:02 AM

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I am convinced now that Keating is actually a solid poker player who knows exactly where he is doing in every spot and either just has a ton of money and has more fun punting or is just getting in all back in massive private games.

The 8AA88 jam is a perfect example.

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05-15-2024 , 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ImePaskaa

Well Hellmuth is Hellmuth and Veldhuis has a massive army of incels behind him.

Is Lex the incel approved poker streamer? Havent watched him for years and cant say I liked his streams (mainly because how pissy and sanctimonious he got whenever some nobody gave him bad advice in chat) but never got the feeling that he would be an incel favorite. What makes you say that?

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05-15-2024 , 10:12 AM

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I think it's just a thing to say nowadays about everyone who has a large male audience. He's probably toxic too.

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05-15-2024 , 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by TRUSTtheDRAWCESS

yeah, this was always my impression as well. He might even be a pro who plays massive private games and gambles it up on streams to get invites, although him being independantly rich is more likely

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05-15-2024 , 12:32 PM

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i like Lex on the show and enjoy his streams, end of the day he has done more for poker than 99% of his haters im sure he doesnt lose sleep over it

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05-15-2024 , 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Femton

I think it's just a thing to say nowadays about everyone who has a large male audience. He's probably toxic too.

It's always projection and to be honest I'm surprised people still use that insult in the current year, even more pathetic coming from a man.

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05-16-2024 , 02:10 AM

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tilly told him her hand it was not a very hard jam. instant realization was good tho. might have been editing

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05-16-2024 , 06:18 AM

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Not sure what was worse, Arden Cho on The Big Game or on Hustler Casino Live last week.

QFT. I stopped watching this as soon as I saw that she was on the table.

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05-16-2024 , 07:32 AM

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i like Lex on the show and enjoy his streams, end of the day he has done more for poker than 99% of his haters im sure he doesnt lose sleep over it

Agree, every time you think poker is dead just open a Veldhuis stream and read the chat for 5 minutes.

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05-16-2024 , 08:42 AM

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herbalerv

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Any way to watch this from UK?

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05-16-2024 , 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Rmbxr9

Isn't this girl like "known" or a "thing" in poker?
I swear I've seen her around

She does the Aceholes show on youtube with Caitlin Comesky. I think she was on Jaman Burton's blog a few times too.

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